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1. send me something I'm afraid to lose by moichi

   Fandoms: IT - Stephen King, IT (Movies - Muschietti)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   19 Nov 2021

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Eddie Kaspbrak
   • Richie Tozier
   • Bill Denbrough
   • Stanley Uris
   • Ben Hanscom
   • Mike Hanlon
   • Beverly Marsh
   • Patricia Blum Uris
   • Audra Phillips
   • The Losers Club (IT)
   • Mutual Pining
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Past Drug Use
   • Fluff
   • First Time
   • First Kiss
   • Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
   • Coming Out
   • Homophobic Language
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   Richie's therapist had told him when he kept joking at one of their first meetings, “It’s just you and me here. There’s not always an audience to perform for," and at the time he’d laughed it off, of course, rolled his eyes, What a groundbreaking observation, a comedian seeking validation, but sometimes when he’s alone it creeps up on him: Are you performing right now? Who are you performing for? Are you performing right now?

   “I go to therapy now,” he blurts out.

   Eddie looks up from his phone, clearly surprised.

   “Oh.” He nods, blurry in the corner of Richie's eye. “Me too.”

   “Dope,” Richie says, popping the p hard. The conversation halts.

   *

   After Derry, Eddie comes to visit. Richie handles it as well as he can.

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